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U.S. Produces Historic Alpine Season

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2013-04-16 13:57

As the U.S. Alpine Ski Team turns their focus to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, a look back on the historic 2013 season has the team poised for success in Sochi. Here's the Best in the World women's speed team in Lake Louise. (USSA)

PARK CITY, UT (April 16) – As the U.S. Alpine Ski Team turns their focus to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, a look back on the historic 2013 season has the team poised for success in Sochi. The U.S. Ski Team, anchored by a golden hat trick from Ted Ligety (Park City, UT), captured five World Championship medals to become the first non-European country to win the medal standings. At 17, slalom ace Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO) added to Ligety's haul with slalom gold and Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, CA) took super G bronze. Ligety, Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) earned World Cup titles while the team produced 33 World Cup top three results from 10 different athletes, including 18 wins. Additionally the Best in the World women's speed team placed all six athletes on the podium, four for the first time, and won the nation's standings for downhill for the fourth straight season.

Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO) captured slalom gold to become the third youngest woman to win a slalom World Championship and youngest American to win any title since 17-year-old Diann Roffe won gold in giant slalom in 1985.

Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, CA) won super G bronze, the fifth World Championships medal of her career and an American women's record eighth major championship medal.